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Visitor rating

101

Excellent

58

Very good

30

Average

22

Poor

16

Terrible

Rating summary

Food

Service

Value

Atmosphere

“Great food, service a bit unprofessional”

This restaurant delivers great fish and sea food. The dorada, octopuss and fish pot was al great, but the bread should have been better to match this level of food.
Great views from the roof terrace, but the service was a bit too pushy. The waiters gave us too little time to decide and was a bit...read more

Forget allegations of bully waiters and deceptive pricing....this is an excellent, top tier Istanbul restaurant. Our waiter suggested prawns to start and a sea bass entree....both were delicious. Before the prawns arrived we shared a large plate of assorted toppings for a basket of fresh toast. Dessert was a shared chocolate cake with ice cream. The service was prompt without...
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This restaurant delivers great fish and sea food. The dorada, octopuss and fish pot was al great, but the bread should have been better to match this level of food.
Great views from the roof terrace, but the service was a bit too pushy. The waiters gave us too little time to decide and was a bit stressed. When we...
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Great restaurant. They send a car to pick us up. The view from the rooftop is great and the food was fantastic with great selection and very fresh. Can't fault the service and especially the waiter Fecret. Very reasonable price for a beautiful dinner.

Ate 3 times at Mostra having first been advised to dine there by our hotel.
The seafood was wonderful,but, be more modest than we with the appetisers as it can inhibit the enjoyment of the entree -- the marinated med prawns are just sooo good ,that the sea bass prepared in salt which followed on one occasion,was equally wonderful,but proved...
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This restaurant was recommended by the staff at our Istanbul Hotel. The wait staff was friendly and helpful to us. The salad and grilled fish we ordered were fresh and tasty. They have an extensive wine list and we enjoyed the view of the Bosphorus as we finished our bottle. The complimentary shuttle service is a plus.

The view was great and location perfect. Feel like the waiter ordered for us and made it quite clear what we were to eat. The fish came and was fresh and good, well cooked. Wine OK, service slow but decent but the bill was the largest of the whole trip here in Istanbul. Too expensive compared to what we had...
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We had the grilled fresh whole fish, which was delicious and served with baked potatoes and grilled tomatoes. It was very expensive though, as they charged by weight. We also strongly suspect they switched the fish to a smaller one after quoting the weight....

We went to this restaurant on recommendation from our hotel (Q-Hotel around the corner from it). We had the grilled squid and grilled octopus and both were superb with a typical Turkish salad. Got complimentary baked potatoes and birthday cake from fellow unknown Turkish patrons.....so nice.

Price and Cuisine

Restaurant Characteristics

Good for: Romantic, Local cuisine, Large groups, Special occasions, Doing business, Scenic view

Open Hours

Sunday

10:00 am - 2:00 am

Monday

10:00 am - 2:00 am

Tuesday

10:00 am - 2:00 am

Wednesday

10:00 am - 2:00 am

Thursday

10:00 am - 2:00 am

Friday

10:00 am - 2:00 am

Saturday

10:00 am - 2:00 am

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Staying in Sultanahmet

Neighborhood Profile

Sultanahmet

With so many unmissable attractions within a mere stroll of each other – and all set around the site of an ancient Byzantine hippodrome – Sultanahmet is an overwhelmingly popular tourist destination, and a prime location for visitors to be wowed on a truly epic scale. Beyond the wonders of the Blue Mosque, the Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, and more, this relatively small area of Istanbul somehow manages to retain an air of peace and calm. It offers visitors a significantly less celebrated but nonetheless pleasant network of quaint lanes and side streets, majestic panoramas of the Bosphorus, and an impressive assortment of accommodation options for all budgets and tastes.

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